Compass Rose
What are the Cardinal Directions?
What are North, East, South, and West?
This is a visual representation of a place.
What is a map?
Any half of the Earth.
What is a hemisphere?
This ocean is east of Florida.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
What river is to the east of St. Louis?
What is the Mississippi River?
What are the Intermediate Directions?
What are Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, and Northwest?
This is used to tell direction on the map.
What is a compass rose?
An imaginary line that divides the Earth into North and South hemispheres.
What is the equator?
Which hemisphere is Australia in?
What is the South hemisphere?
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What is the East hemisphere?
What country is north of the United States of America?
What is Canada?
Which direction is to the left of you?
What is West?
This helps people understand the map they are looking at. It also points out what the symbols or colors represent.
What is the legend or key?
An imaginary line that divides the Earth into East and West hemispheres.
What is the Prime Meridian?
Which hemisphere is North America in?
What is the North hemisphere?
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What is the West hemisphere?
This ocean is west of California.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
Which state is to the east of Missouri?
What is Illinois?
A map is much smaller than the area it shows. What is used to let people know how much smaller the distance is and let people know how they can figure out exact sizes?
What is Map Scale?
Lines that run East to West to measure distance North and South of the Equator. (Also called Parallels.)
What is latitude?
Name a continent in the South Hemisphere.
What is...
Antarctica, South America, Australia, Africa, or Asia
What is the capital of the USA?
What is Washington D.C.?
What country is south of the United States of America?
What type of a map shows countries, cities, or states?
What is a Political Map?
Lines that run North to South to measure distance East or West of the Prime Meridian. (Also called Meridians.)
What is longitude?
Name a continent in the East Hemisphere.
What is...
Africa, Asia, Europe, Antarctica, or Australia
What is the capital of Missouri?
What is Jefferson City?